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Less than a third of all golfers get custom fit for their golf clubs, often people believe they are ‘not good enough to be custom fit’, yet technology plays a big part in increasing distance off the tee.
Fitting offers players’ peace of mind, if you hit a bad shot you know 100 per cent it was a swing fault rather than the golf clubs.
After the correct length has been determined, we can find the correct lie angle. In terms of fitting, lie angle can have a big influence on the direction the ball travels.
Many golfing magazines state that the cause of shots going left or right is due to the heel or the toe of the club digging into the ground and club twisting around itself, however, this is not the case. It is actually due to what is known as ‘face plane tilt’, the direction the club face is pointing due to loft, especially with irons.
If the lie angle is one degree out, this will cause the direction of the clubface to be offline at impact resulting in the ball travelling up to five metres left or right of target!
If the lie angle is too upright this will cause the club face to point to the left and if the lie angle is too flat this will cause the clubface to point to the right.
We are holding Titliest and Ping demonstration days at the Royal Golf Club on Friday and Saturday, between 10am and 3pm, with a fitting specialist.
For more information call 17750777.
